BACH / Convergences 2020
„It fills me with awareness of the wonder of life, with a feeling of the incredible marvel of being a human being. The music is never the same for me, never. Each day is something new, fantastic, unbelievable. That is Bach, like nature, a miracle!“ said the legendary Catalan cellist Pablo Casals. The international chamber music festival Convergences invites us to wonder – to a series of ten concerts, at which renowned Slovak and foreign performers will offer their view to the timeless work of the German baroque genius.
At the Convergences unique sets will resound: Cello Suites (Robert Cohen, Jozef Lupták), Sonatas and Partitas for Violin (Ilya Gringolts, Milan Paľa), Brandenburg Concertos (Igor Karško, concert master), Goldberg Variations (Miki Skuta, piano) and a selection of Partitas for Harpsichord (Mahan Esfahani). Part of the winter edition will be also an organ recital, a children‘s concert, Cantatas with Solamente naturali, a reading and a lecture about the life and work of Johann Sebastian Bach. BACH, 4 letters, 4 tones, endless music.
PROGRAMME
30th January 2020 / 5 PM / Goethe Institute
BACH – Unanswered Questions, Latest Research/ lecture
with Dr. Christine BLANKEN from the Bach Archive in Leipzig / free entrance
30th January 2020 / 7 PM / Great Evangelical Church
Organ Recital / Wolfgang Zerer / Convergences 2020
– tickets only at the concert venue – voluntary recommended contribution 5 Eur
4th February 2020 / 7 PM / Primatial Palace
J. S. Bach: Six Cello Suites
Robert COHEN (UK), cello
Jozef LUPTÁK, cello
6th February 2020 / 7 PM / Primatial Palace
J. S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin I
(BWV 1001, 1003, 1005, Chaconne)
Milan PAĽA, violin
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J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations
Miki SKUTA, piano
7th February 2020 / 7 PM / Great Evangelical Church
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos I
(No. 3, 6, 4)
Igor KARŠKO, concert master
8th February 2020 / 10.30 AM / Primatial Palace
Children‘s Concert
8th February 2020 / 7 PM / Primatial Palace
J. S. Bach: Partitas
(No. 1, 3, 5)
Mahan ESFAHANI, harpsichord
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J. S. Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin II
(BWV 1002, 1004, 1006)
Ilya GRINGOLTS, violin
9th February 2020 / 7 PM / Great Evangelical Church
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos II
(No. 1, 5, 2)
Igor KARŠKO, concert master
15th February 2020 / 7.30 PM / Great Evangelical Church
Cantatas with Solamente naturali
J. S. Bach: Herr, bei deinem Wort BWV 126
Die Elenden sollen essen BWV 75
Miloš VALENT, violin, artistic leader
Tickets for the particular concerts
Web: konvergencie.sk
